The Uncritical Publisher

"The Uncritical Publisher" is one of fourteen short stories written by Leslie Charteris and included in the thirteenth Saint book Boodle (aka The Saint Intervenes) published in 1934. It had previously been published in the newspaper Empire News as "The Smashing of Another Racket".

Plot
When budding author Peter Quentin finds himself in the middle of a scam involving a crooked vanity publisher, the Saint intervenes. In this story, Charteris parodies himself and the British publishing industry.

Note: This story is not included in UK editions of the book as Hodder and Stoughton were worried about the light it held publishers in. However, it is included in a booklet in the DVD boxset of The Saint Colour Series).